Sash-fastener



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM PATTON, OF TOWANDA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SASI-I-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 13,656; dated October 9, 1855.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, IVILLIAM PA'r'roN, of Towanda, in the county ofBradford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Sashp Fasteners; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, making a part thereof, in which-Figure l represents a perspective of a window with the fastener asapplied thereto. Fig. 3 represents modification of the fastener as shownin Fig. l.

Similar letters where they occur in the several figures denote likeparts, and to enable those skilled in the art to make and use myinvention I will proceed to describe the same in connection with thedrawings.

A, represents a window, and B, a sash, frame, of any of the ordinaryforms.

C, represents the fastener as applied to the window frame. It iscomposed of two hooked arms a, a', attached to and forming a part of anaxle or shaft Z), which can turn on the pin c.

D, is a metallic frame which holds the catch to the side of the windowframe, by two screws inserted in the holes z', z'.

CZ, fl', are open staples driven into the sash, at any suitable distanceapart, into the upper one ef which (el) the hook on the arm a catches,when the sash is lowered, and thus locks it when down. Into the otherstaples cZ, the other hook on the arm a, takes and holds the sash anyheight varying with the height, or distance apart that t-he staples areset at. It will be perceived that, the

arms a, cz, are not in the same vertical plane (see Fig. 5) nor are thestaples in the same line, but so arranged that while one arm (a) willtake into the staple al, to lock the window shut, the other arm a', mayvibrate on its shaft, taking into the series of staples,

until the window is raised to the desired height where it is permanentlyheld. The fastener may be so counterposed or hung as that the window maybe run up to its whole height, the staples in their turn striking4'against the bent end of the fastener and pushing it out, but whenevert-he sash is lowered the first decending staple catches the hook andthere holds the sash until the hook is released.

Fig. 3 represents the hook and its support as made of wire instead ofbeing cast or wrought out. This is a very simple and cheap way of makingthe hooks, as they can be bent up, or wound up over suitable formers ata very trifling cost. The letters of reference in this figure denotecorresponding parts to the hook described in Fig. 1 on the lower sash.

It will be perceived that hy mode of arranging the hook and staplesthat, the sash need not be removed, nor the frame or sash cut away ormortised. Besides the fastenF ing is always in sight, and can readily berepaired or adjusted at any time without taking out the sash. Therebeing no springs to bear against the sash or frame, the former can runin the latter perfectly free and easy.

Having thus fully described the nature of my invention, what I claimtherein -as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s- Thearrangement of the self acting catch or holder with its staples, on theoutside of the window frame and' sash, so that it may be easily placedupon any window without taking it out of the frame, or be readilyrepaired, and to prevent the cutting away, or mortising of the frame orsash, as represented.

W. PATTON. Witnesses:

Trios. H. UPPERMAN, E. COHENY.

